New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-19
n1sGUSr.OvER REBEL FLAGS
nrNor1Nc1NG THE PRESIDENTS ACTION.
NOT SATISFIED WITH HIS EXPLANATION
vE' x..nIars NIrws EYPREsSi d.

vp.Ns NOT SATISFIED WITH HIS EXPLANATION
VARIOUS VIEWS EXPRESS d.
MI, s.o,;r, over the action of President Cleveland
a.a.,nc the captured battle flags returned 10 the
sconfsderate States had by no means died ONT yes
81 From the earnest manner IN when tne
49, was still discussed il vas evident that the
%;aant's order will not soon be forgotten
aWby should we forget it," said an oheer Oh 'he
p.rn,.r ARMY. "when the President in his seco1d
der r.scindng the first one deliberately reIersu
che South OF to-day rs the Confederate staes.
W. nan seems to have taken Little interest IN inc
'no ,hot he don't vet know that the Confederate
S,.,ss are extinct. Judged as much when saw MS
80 IN ne read at the unwilling OF the JohIston
monument g.. ,l,t;,oI s,eecb
l.. s,nnort of James Buchanan He made no speeches
u .ha war and n Buffalo man suggested yesier
AZ that his eary admiration for buci ah"n hau
obably 40 affected him that ne was trying 10 io'ow
a. Ru.hanan's footsteps. One OF the Things ""iSu
cr.nd Army men appear TO take much 10 neai' .uo
- ,ba. the President in his letter, explaining INC
md reyokiug it, coupled the hsgs OF the ioyai
S.,. Nth those OF the Coniederacy. The plea that
-, sst of a.es were returned the other should DC
n.ss The old veterans much indignat on lne 'uoa
.ht the Union flag lie regarded by the Prtsden' as
M more account than Confederate ei'o0i III:
,reason finds much condemnation ITO" 'no p"o"0
Generally AZ from Grand Army men.
ST.. was talk among Democrats that the incideht
oula lead to a ru,ture in the CaciheI ~ was
.Loht bat the necessity tor scapegoat wouio ieau
"a Endcos retirement as the effort 10 put Tue he
hj,we IN Adutant- General Drum Wouiu NJ. uo
ssstuI in the light OF Endcotts written ORDER re-
errine TO the Presidents approval OF ,ne reGonnemu
e. sEndicott was freely denounced by democrats
uo. ~ nld fool who had got the President into the
scrare Democrat who came over from " asn,h W
aid that the President was greatly mVruueu =,
bsSinp to back precpitateiy when ne eatneu
IS ,hs nnblic Indignation. he had been ouiloihg
" renutation tor having backbone eouai 10 Una,
" aOd Hickory" Colonel Crafts, who served
through the war, said: e. ror
netnate memories OF the war is absurd. why dlo no.
The President think about such thing ~hth ne ~ 10
HI. letter apOro wing the erection OF monument 10 th
memory Of Albert Sidney Johnston, VINO oeserteu
from the Union Army to serve IN the Oohieue, au
Why nearly every hamlet in the eo45n mas ,' on
.acrd In public letter approving OF such monumehts
in the South though believe that when mayott tu
Buffalo he vetoed an appropriation iof to remove
that city 10 the Union dead. III the idea Is ~
syerv OF the Confederacy OF the Ut Vi '
Rshelhou let them fill the e.nptv sleeves ah9 p.
nnbnIv desperate aid wicked rebellion, No patriot
would ever for one moment have entertained .S ST
OF distributing those Confederate days Over @ men
90 he anshr,nsd "a emblems of v hat Southern Meu
"a as iust though unfortunate tause. NO
amount of eI PLANTATION can excuse tne lresue' a. a.
any more than his coarse and vulgar JESUS az ' he
ex1ense of unfortunate victims OF ina, Wal co" 81
excnsed l respect the New South, and tnihK the
men who really care for its future VIII cuis 'ne w
who brought this ne trouble upon mem Sh,r,sr ot
Assistant strict-Attorney John Z, onor.er' ~
Brookyn SAID The hearts that loved the cause anu
the hands that fought for it are nearly al h .eS
dust IL these iaEs returned tney WOuiu NC Isl
nv men " no never smeled gunpOwder Inc iheh wno
annrove the RESIDENTS act do not Know tnc whiscs
Of the soldiers of the lost cause. they ipugh i1l
what they believed to be true, and now tney Ihoe
the ISSUE The South does not want the hass. nas
a. wants Ia money. 1t wants Northern capi'a anu
enterprise, and pleI ty OF 6otn . A.. ,rh;,a he
Cantain W. l.. ID. OGrady said thaI "h,'o nc
m;cnf formerly have favored burning the nags ne was
now materially opposed to it, aud he wanted 70 see
the flags displayed IN Washington as tu1 ~. drt.s
and he thought that il should be one OF inc ns' u
of CONGRESS 10 find out why it Is not done ,..
As an illustration OF the general lax VI o4 B nj
men the following from ex Mayor huh'ei, vi -
lyn is given do not FAVOR the return " Wy & 20
Aaos Nv the Government anybody else LOT .nei W
parade and hand down to posterity a. the reo , ~
inst hut unfortunate cause. Were they any otneI
kind of spoils of war, would say return them, as
MANY OF the Coniederates have done WIN p no 49,
watches, swords etc., taken from Union NEIL Du' ''
Al a meeting of Koltes Post. Grand Army OF the
Republic on Friday night, the following reso'u'o"'
were adopted ,.. ,ror and Iowa
ezens most emphaticaly condemn the on rage ~
plated the crfer OF the Presdsn Oh s i'm Keeping n
fhe War Department at Washington " an Ioyai
also those deposited in the state Houses OF ,e fTon
STATES. 10 the states TO winch INC &c
,J mai Tebaartiy indorse sentiments expressed
nv he OF the Grand Army OF inc isepo
he Comfaie Lucius Farehid, al the iecep VI |
Hamilton Post this city, on june ~ 1851 o., sna-o no
bonnrohie means 10 pre vent repetition or enforcement
similar order the revocation thereof was NOV nc sUthor
Thereof thinks that the land prohOits MN 'o
Issuing such order. 49,. - coorada Iucils
Resolred That a copy Thereon oe sent '" ~, ~
y Tarchild, to be used by HIN as LIE 'hinNsh'